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Francine Pelletier

Julianne est chez son père qui est garde-forestier. En son absence, elle est responsable du poste de surveillance et, en plus, il pleut alors qu'elle voulait observer les étoiles. En colère, elle pianote sur le clavier du téléphone vidéo lorsqu'apparaît à l'écran un jeune homme triste et mal razé. La conversation s'engage : elle lui raconte sa vie, sa mauvaise humeur et sa passion, l'astronomie. L'image et le son se brouillent, puis disparaissent. En voulant entrer de nouveau en contact avec son interlocuteur, elle constate qu'elle était en communication avec Vincent Linden de Téléstar, le premier studio en orbite momentanément en difficulté. L'orage terminée, la sonnerie se fait entendre. L'animateur de la station spatiale (réparée) refait surface et l'invite à faire une chronique d'astronomie à son émission "cosmos en direct". Dans cinq minutes : "Standby"--Ce récit léger au personnage spontané est, en plus d'une bonne détente, une invitation à se pencher sur l'astronomie et à pratiquer l'observation des corps célestes.

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W. Daniel Quillen

"The revised fifth edition of Mastering Online Genealogy covers the use of computers and the Internet to successfully do your own genealogical research. Quillen shows readers how to use the Internet as an effective genealogical research tool ..."--Page 4 of cover.

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Clive Finlayson

"We have all heard the account of how our clever ancestors spread From Africa and ousted the primitive Neanderthals, driving them to extinction. But was that really how it happened?" "'History is typically the story of victors over vanquished and prehistory is no different', says Clive Finlayson. He presents an altogether more humbling view: there is nothing to suggest that our ancestors were inherently smarter than the Neanderthals. We should think of the two as different kinds of human." "The topic of early human history is highly contentious. Finlayson presents an account that places the various human populations firmly within an ecological context. Drawing on evidence not only from fossils and genes, but also from the many clues about lifestyle from plant and animal remains, he underlines the interweaving of climate, ecology, geography, and lifestyle in the fortunes of populations. What emerges is no simple linear rise to conquest and dominance by one superior species. Instead, we find a complex tale of shifting patterns of settlement and migration, of new skills learnt and lost, as groups of humans of initially quite similar abilities sought out a living in changing mosaics of vegetation and wildlife. Chance, climate, and geography favoured a sturdy group of our ancestors who had honed their skills in the harsh, persistent Asian steppes."--BOOK JACKET.

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James Stevens-Arce

Juan Bautista and his partner Faiola drive a FreezVan for the Suicide Prevention League in San Juan. Juan is starting to look below the surface at the conflict between the dominate Christian Catholic Church of America and the Twin Messiah cult.